• Popcorn and Other Marketing Mistakes In a Changing Economy

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    Ten years of competitive hell!That was the title on the seminar brochure I received recently. As I survey some of the forces flowing through our economy, and witness the way in which they effect my clients, I have to agree.Read more…
  • Direct Contact Marketing Campaigns

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    One way to improve sales in your company is to send out a Blitz Marketing canvassing team. Let me explain how this works. First you get six high energy College Student and have them walk all the business districts and hand out flyers to your company.Read more…
  • Free Product Samples

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    Distributing free product samples is an important tool in sales promotion. An actual or trial-sized product is distributed to the consumers in order to provide them an opportunity to experience the product where they would not otherwise get to try it unless they bought it on their own.Free samples are usually distributed during a new product launch or when the company wants to capture increased market share for the product.Read more…
  • A Guide To Demographics

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    Every region possesses some particular characteristics based on the people who reside in it. These characteristics can reflect the region’s economy, social behavior, social customs, geographical location, commerce, industrialization, religion, and other things.The term ‘demographics’ is in essence a shortened form of what we can call 'population characteristics'.Read more…
  • Free Samples

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    Free samples are products or services provided to a potential customer to allow them to try the product or service without charge. The ultimate aim of providing free samples to customers is to persuade them to buy a product. This is one of the most effective promotional tools available, as customers can check the quality of the product or service before they decide to buy.Read more…
  • Exhibit Displays

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    An exhibit is a form of entertainment, recreation, or competition in which items are showcased to reveal their best features. Exhibits are attended by a large audience and other exhibitors. Exhibits are the things, skills, or services presented and demonstrated.Read more…
  • The Cart and the Carwash: How To Boost Business With Strategic Alliances

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    Many small business owners struggle with promotions and marketing. Managing day-to-day operations is challenging enough without the added work that marketing involves, but since marketing is what brings your clients in, you need to do something to attract customers. It doesn't have to be expensive, just effective.Read more…
  • City Demographics

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    City demographics include age, per capita income, mobility of the people and their modes of transportation (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational and academic level of the people, value of ownership (that includes properties and assets like homes, apartments, garden and such others), status of employment and even the topography of the region.In typical city demographics, one might mention the following things: population in a certain year, location, market access, airports, and distance among major regions, climate, hospitals, crime index, academic institutions, per capita income, retail sales, labor force, unemployment rate, and such other things.City demographics prove to be a key issue when it comes to the development of the region.Read more…
  • Smartest Way To Use A Tell A Friend Script

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    A tell a friend script is a form on a web page where you can fill in your name and e-mail address and the e-mail address to one or more of your friends. It will then send a message to your friends and tell them you recommend them to take a look at the site were you filled in the form. Since your friends know you, they will most likely go take a look.Read more…
  • E-Expos are Big Hits with Industry Associations

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    Marketing for an Industry Association is very difficult because there are a limited number of businesses in each industry and only a percentage of those businesses are willing to join an association. Also many industry associations compete against each other and in some cases there are several Industry Associations for a single industry. Then there are often regional associations and not every company wishes to join all of them.Read more…
  • American Demographics

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    Considering the vastness of the topic of American demographics, it is convenient to limit discussions on the subject to the demographic field of American population. American demographics give in-depth estimates of all the major trends of the nation, as well as the regions of the country.These demographic reports, as already mentioned, cover all the statistical data of the nation’s economy, social customs, religion, ethnicity, race, market, consumption modes, food habits, clothing, homes, population, mortality and fertility rates, and other such records.Read more…
  • Marketing Experts and Self-Proclaimed Gurus

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    Every marketing expert who has ever written a book on the subject or offers their services, as a consultant seems to believe that they are the best marketer of any product or service, which has ever hit the planet. I find this interesting myself in that my marketing for my company before retirement literally blew away every other competitor in the market no matter, which city we took it to. Indeed, as a marketer myself, I have read over 300 marketing books in the last two decades.Read more…
  • Marketing 2.0 -- Introducing Coca-Cola-Beta

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    I'm a coke drinker. If Pepsi 2.0'd I would switch to it.Read more…
  • Translation Companies: Playing Detective on Prospective Vendors

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    Finding the right translation service company can be a bit of a trial in itself. Ideally the personal coordinating the translation project whether it's a middle manager or a consultant should have experience with detailing requirements of a translation project and be able to oversee it's progress from thought to completion.If that isn't possible try brainstorming some potential contacts- perhaps even within your own circle of friends and acquaintances that may be able to provide leads to a suitable translator.Read more…
  • Translation Service Companies: Finding Free Help Online

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    The internet doesn't just bridge the people living in a country, but global denizens of the world. Ironically enough the biggest barrier to us all getting together and just shooting the breeze are language barriers. Hence, bilingual individuals serve as the conduit that allows people of various backgrounds, nationalities, and cultures collaborate and communicate.Read more…
  • Are You "Shooting" Your Marketing Dollars with a Shotgun or a Rifle AND What's the Difference?

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    In marketing your services or widgets, what approach do you use? Do you scatter your marketing efforts over a range hoping to hit something? Or do you take careful aim, hitting the target more times than not?Read more…
  • Fax Broadcasting – Supporting Technologies

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    Fax broadcasting could not have achieved the popularity and success it has without the support of other technology and facilities. Some of these are old while others are state-of-the-art tools and have revolutionized the way people advertise.The Old Tools1. HTML E-mails: No matter how strong the content of a fax is, if it is not customized with HTML tags, it is missing something.Read more…
  • Fax Broadcasting – Legal Bindings

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    The Original ActIn the year 1991, Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act or TCPA to keep a check on the increasing number of telephone marketing calls, which can easily be termed as unsolicited. The act restricts the making of promotional calls and the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and prerecorded voice messages.The Act defines an “unsolicited advertisement” as “any material publicizing the business availability or quality of any property, goods, or services which is transmitted to any person without that individual’s prior express request or permission, in writing or otherwise.Read more…
  • Who Benefits from a Long Guarantee?

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    And what is the real guarantee behind the guarantee that everyone promises at the end of their sales letters?Who really is the beneficiary of a long guarantee? You see, some 'savvy' marketers have figured out that the longer the guarantee period offered the less returns they'll have.Read more…
  • What are Your Marketing Objectives?

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    Does your small business have goals? Goals and objectives for how much its sales you wish to accomplish? If not, how can you adequately planned your marketing for your company?Read more…

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